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GREECE. ManiMur contains the following letter from the Count IYllareourt to the Parisian Philhellenic Corn mittee. It is dated from the Lazaretto of . Toulon; where the COunt was performing quarantine, and gives the fol lowing view of the general state of Greece on the 30th of September, the period at which the writer embarked on his return to his own country c-- " The Greek Fleet, commanded by Miaoulis and Sachtury, had on' the I 1 th and 12th of September off Mytilene a more'seriouS engagement than any since the beginning of the war. Admiral de Rim and several French vessels were witnesses to it. Both . sides had nearly mustered their whole strength. The Greeks at tacked bravely corvettes~ with only a few guns, fought within pistol-shot of two deckers, which covered them with grape-shot, AU, friends and foes, did justice to their brilliant courage. Yet though the fight, lasted two days, the results were comparatively unimportant. The Turks took to flight, and the Greeks sent in several fire-ships which were very near taking effect, for they set fire to the bowsprit of the frigate mounted by the Turkish Admiral, but the crew succeeding in putting it out. The loss in men was not considerable. " The Egyptian fleet, coining from Alexandria, was at Rhodes on the 25th of September, where it expected another division. It was then to join Ibrahim, and to sail against Hydra. The steam vessel commanded by Hastings, arrived at Napoli on the 15th of September. It carries eight 66- pounders with hollow bullets, which could not fail to pro duce much effects At my &virtue, preparations were making for a se rund expedition against Athens. Fabvier and Karaiskaki we to manceuvre in concert; the one attacking through the Pyrens, and the other marching upon Thebes, which was the point of communication between the Pacha and the remainder of his troops. A diversion was also to be made towards Larissa and the Gulf of Vol°, in order to alarm the rear of the Turks, and compel them to evacuate Attica. Much zeal was displayed towards this campaign, land the Roumeliots had its success much at heart, because their country being almost entirely occupied by the enemy, they were very desirous of liberating at least a part of it, in order to be entitled to send Representatives to the Ge neral Assembly. " This Assembly, which is to renew the Members of the Government, and perhaps to change its form, 'Oll take place immediately at Pone. " I bring back with me a nephew of Canaris, who has been three months on board Admiral de Rigny's frigate. He is about twelve years of age, very amiable and very witty." Count (Marotta then enters into the details of the manner in which the stores and.money .fornished by the Committee were .applied under his direction, and termi nates by the following important statement. "It appears certain that negoeiations have been, opened at Constanti nople. Austita alone refused to enter into stipulations with respect to the Greeks; but on ‘vhat, basis will they treat? .Of this lam ignorant." 'Nuts, Nov. 6.—A letter from Constantinople, COlit al 111 the following particulars of Canaris : " This Canaris is truly a hero, and what is not com mon, he does not suspect it. " A great person has offered him an asylum in Preece, in case the cause he defends should be unsuccessful. I nceept it,' he replied, for my family. As for myself, the sacrifice duly IA is made. I shall die here victorious or vanquished 1' The war between the Tirrks and the Greeks is ad interne.cioncon. But in the towns, for instance at Smyrna, they liVe together as if scenes of carnage did not every day take place between the two nations in other places ; and as if Irara and Selo, which are at. their gates, were not still heaps of smoking ruins." (From the Constautionneh) CORFU, OCT. ' 7.—(Extract of a private letter.)—Ac cording to the most recent letters from Nauplia, the Greeks arc preparing a force of about 5,000 men, to drive Red schid Pacha from before the city of Athens. P. Mavro michalis is to have the chief command. It was the Gene rals themselves destined for the expedition that demanded it from Government. Mavromichalis is not an expe rienced soldier, but his devotedness to .his country since the Greek revolution commenced has procured him great iufhtencie over the hearts of all his countrymen. These auxiliaries were to leave the plains of Argos on the 27th of September, and 4e expect that they are now in Attica. The army has for its Commanders the bravest Generals— Nicetas, Unties, C. Mavromichalis, ikc., and it is com posed of the most experienced soldiers in all the Pelo ponaesus. The expedition, however, would not, for want of provisions, have taken place, notwithstand ing the enthusiasm of all the men composing it, had not a happy event supplied it with what was necessary in time. Six vessels, which a great wind had separated from the Greek squadron, and dispersed in the waters of Candia, were, on the 18th of last month, near Suds, and were preparing to return to join the Greek fleet, -when they suddenly perceived four vessels in the open sea. They immediately set sail, and overtook them in the waters between Candia and Cerigo. One of the latter, which was a brig of war, opposed the Greeks, in order that the other three, which were only transports, laden with provisions, might have time to escape. The Greeks fell upon it impetuously, chased it, and took two of the transports. They afterwardkreturned 'to the island of Hydra, where they discharged one ; the other was sent to Nauplia. The Greek camp in Attiea, too, had been in want of provisions, but Colonel Fabvier, who fortified the peninsula of Methane, and provisioned it well by Meng of the libe rality of the Philhellenists of Europe, being reconciled to General Karaiskaki, caused a great quantity of provisions to be transported into Attica. PoRT:OIOUTH, Nov. 6.—A Court-Martial OA. setubled this morning on board his Majesty ship Vic ior,y, for the purpose of trying Mr. Robert Marshall, Astastant-burgeon of his Majesty's brig Plumper, on, charges exhibit e d aga i ns t hi m by Mr. Barnard, master of the said brig, viz. " For frequent inebriety, unoffi cerdike conduct, and, associating with the foremast men in the galley," After the most contradictory testimonies wore given, the Court came to the follow jog deeisiont—tlist the charges were not proved against' t h e s aid Mr. Robert Marshall, and therefore acquitted bi n , Captain Collier, wh o commanded the Liverpool when Mr. Marshall was Assistant-Surgeon with him, gave hint a must flattering came forward, and charac ter, and stated to the Court, th a t Ire mu ~,,„ not know a man in his situation he would so soon have with him again. There were several other officers ready to speak in his favour, but were not required, rhe members were as follow :—Sir M. Seymour, L im , Captain Hill, Captain Warren, Captain In As, Sir S. Peelle', Bart., Lord Napier, Lord Byron, Si r Charles Sulivan, Bart., Captain Curzon, and Capt a i n Dundas. Greenock as follows A correspondent writes front _ _ ny thousands of .......- 4 t I h ave jus t now been one of ma ___. spectators, in witnessing the launch of an East In d ia- in built 111531 named tire Mounistuart Elphinstone, Bombay Messrs. Steel and Son's yard, for the trade. She went A in admirable style ; the fineness of the d a y, and the immense crowd of spectators, rendering the scene one of a most animating kind. I understand the owners intend having a regular succession of first due vessels for the same trade, as Bombay has now become a place of great importance to our own city, and affords an excellent market for our manufactures. I sincerely hope, therefore, that their spirited endea venire wilt hp ...wt.,' with tatetess." PRICES OF STOCKS 'CHI hank Stock 2024 3 per Cent. Red SI 8 Per Cent. Cons. 81Y.% pti per Cent. - Ditto Red. 4 ocr Cent. New pe Ditto, 1826 6% Bank Long AIM. India Stock ~, I)itto I3onds 10 pm. PRICES OF FOREIGN F Austrian Ponds, 5 per cent. -- Prazilian Bonds Puenos Ayres Bands. Chillan Bonds, t per ...et. Colombian Bonds •Di tto, I11?1 39 39% 9 Danish, 3 per cent. Creek Bonds !Mt to, 18 . 26 1414 fituttimalit - Niexican Bondi 55 1 ' .1)(1. - 1825 PRICES OF SHARES Boisnos Mining Company British Iron Mining Company Castello and Espirito Santo Brazil I PRICE OF IRISH Lank Stock Gov. Stock, tiX t per cent.... 15 - ,14 hi Ditto, New 1 4 per Cent 96 1 4 6 6 , 1 Coy. Deb. 3% per cent 6 9 4, Console 3 percent / SO% Royal (.anal Stock (i rand Canal Stock - City Deb. 4 per cent. -- -7 liallaet Office Deb. 4 per cent. 93 STOCKS, 'NOV. 6. St. Patrick Maur. (per share) Royal Irish Ditto National Ditto Patriotic Dittos Hibernian Bank l7 Provincial Ditto Royal Irish Mine Imperial Mine Mining Co. of Ireland Commercial Buildings MAILS. .A 1 rivPii. Due. Arrived. Due. 0 America I 0 Guernsey/a:Jersey. 0 0 Brazil 0 0 Harnbtagli 0 0 Buenos Ayres 0 Donaghadoe 0 0 Jamaica 0 1 Dublin 0 Flanders (1 0 LIAM 0 1 France 0 Gottenburgh 0 1 ' Waterford 0 111611 WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE TO-MORROW. Morning 43 minutes after 10. I Evening 11 minutes after 11. tf,rbt LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOV. 9, 1826. Reports have been for some days circulated .with much industry, that it is not the intention of his Majesty's Ministers to agitate the question of the Corn Laws until after the Christmas Holidays. If positive information on the subject is wanting, the reason of the thing would be conclusive against the probability of the postponement of this important question. How does the matter stand ? His Alit JESTY'S Proclamation for the opening of the ports for the importation of certain descriptions of grain and purse was .issued on the Ist of September, and the permission thereby given for the entry of these articles was to continue in force for 40 days after the meeting of Pailiament. On the same day a Proclamation was issued for assembling Parliament on the 14th November. For what purpose was Parliament titus summoned to meet at this unusual season, hut for the discussion of the Corn Question ? And if the question is now not to be iliseu9se(l till after the Christmas holidays, the forty days during which im portation was permitted to go on after the meeting of Parliament will have expired, and it will cease at that moment at which it may be most required. Prices would immediately get up at a season when it is most necessary that they should be low, and all the evils re sulting from violent fluctuations would ensue. But his Majesty's Ministers having taken upon themselves the responsibility of the measure they adopted, must immediately apply to Parliament for an indemnity; end we may be sure that if they did not apply. for this indemnity there are too many Members interest ed against importation who would not let the mat ter rest where it is. In fact, it is well known that many Members have avowed their intention to ori ginate motions on the subject, ,if it were not imme diately entered upon. But Ministers will not give them the opportunity of doing so. They will not shrink front a responsibility which the state of the markets, and the regulations which govern importa tion, rendered necessary, and without which the nation would have been now suffering from the distress con sequent upon an exorbitant price of Grain, The pre sent average prices fully prove the accuracy of the in- formation on which the Government acted, and the wisdom of the measures they adopted on this occaßion. The voice of the nation applauds those measures, aria Parliament will readily indemnify them, notwithstand ing the interested and factious oppositka which tnay be made. The necessity, therefore, of bringing forward this subject immediately on the meeting, of . both Houses is apparent, and it will be impossible, in theiliiiussion of so material a part of the question, to avoid the general principles of the COrn Laws. Hence, this subject, will form the great leading feature of the first proceedings of the new Parliament, and we have every confidence that his MA Erre& Ministers will be prepared with resolu tions, which will place the importation of foreign corn upon fixed and : understood principles, beneficial in their operation to all classes of th• communit)4 We haVe received the Paris Papers of Sunday and Monday, and the Etoile dated Tuesday morning. They present us with a great variety of - inform ation, but none of it is of an important character. The re ports of a heavy fall in the French Funds, which were in circulation yesterday, are not confirmed, the decline having been less than half per Cent. intelligence from Constantinople contained in these papers cornea down to the 20th ult. Another fire had broken out on the 11th, near the Mosque of Sultan Act's/in), and - was not got under until it had done considerable dama g e, and consumed the new towe r, which, had bee n constructed in the place of the one destroyed with the Janissaries. The SULTAN, on the Bth ult., reviewed home of his new troops on the plain of Bujukdere, and was highl- leased with 1 3 7 P 1 their appearance. He ordered a piece of twelve Pias tres to be presented to each soldier. After the review his Highness was entertained by. the Seraskier at a grand fete, at which most of the foreign Ministers were also present. The organization of the new troops proceeds at Adrianople with activity and success. Publictranquillity has been consolidated, and opposition daily becomes weaker. Orders had been given to the Capitan VACUA to return from Tenedos to Constan tinople with. his fleet, the bad , condition of which is said td be the cause of his coming nearer to the Dar dantlles. The Observer of Trieste, on the other hand, announces, under the head of Zante, that the Capitan PACIIA. has made a new landing in the Isle of Samoa, and that the Egyptian expedition had arrived on the coast of the Morea. _ • From the llth . .September to the I st of October, there was no battle between the Greeks and Turks ; bUt it seems by the confession of the latter that their loss in the affair of the 11th was greater•than had been at first supposed. Accounts from the Morea again repeat that CoLocovimit was going to march with a strong corps to the relief of Athens. The Monitcur gives an interesting letter from the Count d'HAR COURT to the Parigian Philhellenic Committee, which will be found in another column, with some other in- formation respecting the affairs of Greece. The intelligence from Lisbon comes down to the same date as that which we received direct from thence the day before yesterday, and furnishes us with but few additional particulars relative to the revolt in the Algarves, the termination of WhiCh is looked upon as DAY AT ONE O'CLOCK. South Sea Stock — 1 Old Annuities New Ditto — Ex. Bills, Xl,OOO :Al. 21 22 pm. ' Ditto ". ~ . ... 500 2d -21 22 pm.• Ditto Small Ditto Commercial — Bank. for Opening — India for Account — Cons. tbr Account 52 Ili NDS AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Neapolitan. 1621. Peruvian Bonds — Portuguese Bonds — Prussian, 5 per cent Ditto, New 05 3 ' Russian, New, sp. c. ss!tili Spanish, 1821 I ---- DM — French Nolte:4, A p. c WA 50c. ---- Exchange 251. 60c. —O--3 per cent. —t —c. --- Exchange —I. —e. . , AT ONE 0 CLOCK. Paid. Per Share, £225 275 QM sx, d 5% Ditto 5 23 certain. From Madrid it is asserted in private letters that the Government have succeeded in raising a stun equal to 1,500,000 francs, for the payment of the Alr,:line tribute, by pledging the Commanderies of St. John of Jerusalem. This security we should think not worth having unless the knights are to receive some terri torial possession in return, which, , 'from other rumours, we consider not 'improbable. A new entry of French troops into Spain is much talked of in Madrid, and it is said that a change of t he system of the Government is to be effected by this foreign aid. The affairs of France' itself occupy tut a small por lion of these papers. An Ordinance of the KING, dated the sth inst., convokes the Chamber of Peers and the Chamber of Deputies for the 12th December. The KING'S Birth-day was celebrated on Sunday, when he received the congratulations of the several authorities. The same day was inaptly selected for the inauguration of a new . Temple of Plutus. This Bourse, or Exchange, which ommenced by BUONAPARTE, is a magnificent building. The ball is of immense size, 116 feet by 76, and can contain upwards of 2,000 persons. Fattiest FUDS.—PARis, Nov. 6.—Five per Cents. 991. 60e. 50e. 40c. 30c. 40c. 25c. 30c. 40c, 35c. SOc. ; Three per Cents. 70f. 15c. 701. 69f. 95c. 90c: 95c. 70f. 691 90r. ; Bank Actions. 20411. 50c. 20501. ; Naplea Brutes, 771,. 161. 10c. 65c. 70c, 75c.. Cortex Bondi., 91 4'; Royal Ditto, 4911. 49f. 491 1.-- Exchange —One month, WA 55c. ; Three months, 251. 35c. It is mentioned by the latest accounts from Con stantinople, that the Armenian Persian DAOUD ZA BQR now DAM) KHAN, the same who in 1816 proceeded to Paris from the &halt to Louts the 18th, has just arrived at Constantinople. It is re ported that the object of his mission is to induce the PORTE to join Persia against Russia. He is lodged at Kadkeuee, 'the ancient Chalcedon, and is said to have solicited permission to reside in Constantinople. The Allgenzeinc Zeitung of the 2d inst. has been received this forenoon. It furnishes the substance of the additional Convention between Russia and Turkey, some clauses of which are likely to be important their consequences, if the Convention should ever be ratified, of which a doubt seems still to exist. The following is an extract ODESSA, OCT. 18. The following is the substance of the important addi tional convention, proposed by the Russian Commission ers at Akinnann, and accepted by the Turkish negociatore. The article Concerning Servia will probably make a great impression on all the Greeks. ART. I. Confirmation of the treaty of Bucharest which is to be considered as inserted at full length in the present convention. ART. 11. Determination of the. &anti ers in Bessarabia, ac cording to Art. IV. of the treaty of Bucharest. The fron tiers are to be determined as fixed in the protocol of the conference of 21st August, 1817, between Baron Stroga noff and the Turkish Commissioners. Anr. 111. All preceding Conventions relating to the Principalities of M o ld e eh s and Wallachia, are confirmed, The Porte engages to renew the Haiti Scheriff 0f.1802, within six months after the signing of the present Con vention. In consideration of the present situation of these provinces, and it having been thought fit to intrust the go vernment of them . to Moldavian and Wallachian Boyars, an alteration to which Russia has assented; , the Porte ac cedes to the clauses which have been specified for this ob ject in the concessions. These clauses relate to the choice of the Princes which, according to ancient custom, is to be made by the two Divans, and confirmed by the Porte, which is only to give the investiture to , the new Hoer dars, h to t-e,re-eligibiiity of the Thispodars, theirdeposition, resignation, and the duration of . their Government ; to regulations for the levy of the taxes and ground-rents, and the entire remission of these ground-rents for trio years; to the return of the Boyars, w ho have emigrated, during the Hespod ars „ an d t h e the revolution, and is thefinieildr7 by of Beschlis, and Basch -Beschli-Agas, w r e e i i t s i p o e n ct fi l x v e e d D b i e v r a o i r t s e , Art. IV. A s R uss i a, in conformity with the 3d Article of the Treaty of B uc h arest , has restored to t h e P orte the I W h i e th y o etr ut s j i B 4 2l d . e Ai ation from th e p ro p o - conquered fortified places in Asia, . the frontier between the two empires shall continue henceforth as it now is. Art. V.. rho adra n tsi g eo promised .to ihe Berviies by the Sth *tick of th e T rea ty of BuCharest .4011 be flier' to them in the comm i t of a year, .after the signing or tits present convention. These advantages, as the Deputies require them, are -- t h e l evy i ng o f th e taxes a nd graund rents, once for all ; the return of the districts (some vil lages) detached from Saris ; freedom of trade; pram sion to travel with their own passports; freedom of reli gion, and of the administration of justice ; the administra tion of estates, situated in Servia, belonging to Turkish owners, but with the obligation to give an account of the produce; the establishment of schools and printing offices; the exclusion of the Turks from Servia, except garrisons in the fortresses, &c. " Every other demand to be made by the Servians, which is not incompatible with the duty of good sub jects to the Sultan, shall be granted by the Porte." ART. VI. Liquidations of the concerns and claims of the subjects of both parties, including the robberies of the Barbary Corsairs, and the damage done since 1821, by the violation of the existing treaties. A mixed Commission shall conclude this liquidation in 8 months, and the gross amount of the sum to be fixed shall be paid to the Russian legation at Constantinople. ART. VII. This article is divided into four points.— (1) All the points contained in the 7th article of the treaty of Jassy in regard to the Barbary powers are retained, and the Porte fartber engages in the time of two months, after the delivery of the reclamations of the Russian lega tion, to make good to the Russian legation, out of the Im perial Treasury, every injury done by the Barbary States, in case the latter shall not immediately do so themselves, in compliance with the first &mans to be addressed to them for the purpose. (2) The Porte promises to fulfil all the obligations laid upon it by the commercial treaty with Russia of 1783, and especially the Ist, 31st, and 35th articles, as well' as every thin that guarantees the free passage of ships under the Russian flag. (3) The Porte grants the trans-shipment of goods, and hinders every innovation. (1) The Porte accepts the good offices of Russia, with respect to the admission of all flags into the Black Sea that have hitherto been excluded from it. ART. VIII. The ratifications of the present Convention shall take place within four weeks, or sooner if possible. Private accounts from Lisbon mention that a note has been addressed by Sir W. A'CounT to the Foreign Ambassadors at that Court, explaining the circumstances under which a party of British Marines had been landed to protect the PRINCESS REGENT. Extract of a letter from Paris :—" It is reported in the politi cal circles, that the recal of Mons. de Moustier from Spain is fully , decided upon in the Council. This measure is looked upon as the forerunner of a change in the Ministry. It is a well-known fact, that his Excellency has reaped a plenteous harvest in the Penin sula, of cordons and decorations, for his staunch support of the Absolutists: he was also the very soul of the Camerilla. Every thing seems to indicate that M. de Villele is willing to shake off the shackles with which he has united himself to Russia, and to form a closer union with England. It is certain that great cool. ness prevails between Villele and the Count Poo di forgo ; and the dissatisfaction that prevails at the Russian Embassy is of such a nature as not to be disguised." The accounts of the revenue, so far as the official quarter has expired, are said to be extremely unfavourable ; but as might be expected from the state of trade, the chief falling off is in the de partment of the Customs. We have often found occasion to blame the imperfect manner in which the official returns are made up, yet though the voice of all men who attend to the subject is raised to exclakis against their want of clearness, there seems to be a disposition to lessen rather than to increase the quantum of in formation which is doled forth to the public. A most useful do cument, which formerly was invariably attached to the quarterly returns—vix., the comparative produce of different articles coming under the head of excise duties—is now, and has been for a long time past, wholly omitted. A vague sort of an excuse for this omission was, we believe, put forth some months ago, by stating that the collection of so many duties bad been transferred from the head of excise to that of the customs, that the pUblication of the usual document sio longer afforded a fair list of the comparative return of that portion of the public ievcnue. This excuse might perhaps be allowed to pass current while such changes in the mode of collecting duties were in progress,Jmt it is of no weight now, inasmuch as no transfer has taken place of the collection of duties on any articles from the Excise to the CustoMs since April, 1825; therefore, the usual table might have been made public with &Cat utility,, on the sth of July' and the 10th of October last, affording a species of information of muds value to men of business, and the same means which the Treasury heretofore always afforded ?or estimating in detail the situation of the public revenue....- Times. The Greek Deputies appear to have been 'as unfor tunate in the management of their affairs in the United States is in Europe. A pamphlet has been published in New York by a gentleman who was employed as counsel for the Deputies in an arbitration which took place between them and the mercantile houses which undertook to build the frigates, and puts us in pos session of some curious facts, which incontrovertably prove that the system of jobbing has been carried on to as great and ruinous an extent to the cause of Greece on the other side of the Atlantic as in this country. The following is an extract of the pamphlet in ques- ion : " In the early part of the year 1825 a gentleman of dis tinction arrived in the city . of New York, being the bearer of instructions from the Greek Deputies residing in Lon don, for the purchase or construction of two frigates in this country. These instructions were addressed jointly ,to two mercantile houses in this city, and the gentleman above referred to. They were accompanied by two letters of credit from Samuel Williams, of London, in favour of . each of the houses, amounting to 25,000 h each. At the same time the Deputies assured the houses, that as to the additional funds that might be nec es s ar y, they would im mediately open a further credit, either with Mr. Williams or with the Messrs. Ricardo, with which latter gentlemefi .a loan for two millions sterling to the Greek Government had been contracted. The two houses in question accept ed the commission, and on or about the 14th of May, 1825, they commenced the constrection of two frigateo.try . days' work. On the 23d of May, having drawn for the 50,0001. on 'Williams, they drew for the further sum of 25,0001., l and from time to time after they drew bills on the Messrs. ;.Ricardo to such an extent, that on the 31st of October each house bad drawn (including the bills on Williams) for 77,5001. sterling. In a letter, dated the 31st of Oc tober, they, for the first time, informed the Deputies of the probable cost of these frigates, _and that, under profes sions, which will not be here repeated, ther had made a total wreck of the whOle." tlporary, in dmesrceriebitalingineltelstee We cannot du bectoiremtl an finish words used by a subsequent details of this e vidence taken before the arbi nefarious transactions. • " It appears from the 1 States friga te the Brandywine, built tratore, that the Unite( 'Pbaumiltiilalksht . l i do* of l ive oak, and completely 0f one of the Greek frigates, built of in d cos .273 v t only Q dollars, or a little more equippe that one o f these G reek frigates, sold , o a rt nd ti f m ro e m 7 the 0„, f or the equipment of the other,—(both having to pay . °us y cost 750 000 d Ila —crd not timber 'having prevrt o rs, I t f l e i r a i n or t ; bring more than 253,5 /0 dollars; that a fter the es,- nee ffiture of 750,000 dollars, or near l y 150,0001., m ore than '250,000 dollars more would have been necessary to prepare these frigates • for sea ; and t h a t th e one which actually id sail cost Greece `about 150,0001,, or nearly as much as three large 'frigates like the Brandywine. Out of this immense expenditure there were some -very pretty pickings, 'both for the merchants who undertoo - k the job,—the ship-builders,—the French agent for Greece, and the American lawyers. The mercantile houses had 10 per cent. commission, or about 40,000 dollars, for in.. curring no risk, (as they look to be paid all their outlay in advance) ; about 61,000 dollars were paid by these houses to sub-agents appointed by themselves ; a Cap' thin CHAUNCEY, of the American navy, received 12,000 dollars for seeing that nobody ran away with the said frigates while they were on the stocks building; 850 dollars were paid to an attorney for drawing out the contract with .the said mercantile houses; and when at last the poor Deputies, in order to.get one of their frigates at the price which might have purchased nearly a fleet, were obliged to refer their rights to arbitration; the Hon. Judge PLATT and his two fellow 'arbitrators claimed 1,500 dollars for their labour. NVe shall conclude with the very curious paragrap h which this American Solomon first secures the reW' of his own wise decision, before he 'gives any decriiiia the matters in dispute : "We do award, adjudge, and determine, that from th e avails of said ship or ships, and their tackle, apparel, fir* ture, and equipments, and the other property containe d IS the said assignment, or such part as shall be sold bYll° usf pursuant to the terms of the said submission , there a first deducted the sum of FOUR THOUSAND FINN HUNDR,E.D • DOLLARS, for our services as arbitrators in the prenita• Our silence with reference to the important de cision which the VICE-CHANCELLOR pronounced on Tuesday last, as to the liability of non-incorporated Joint Stock Companies, has not proceeded from any " inattention to this important Subject, but solely -- ground that this decree might be appealed against by those most immediately concerned, and in which event it might by possibility be altogether reversed. Britisli The proceedings were taken against the Stannary Company,andthe Imperial Di stillery Com pany, and by the decree, the Directors of Ole° Com panies have been held responsible for the sum s " calve 4 by them from the Subscribers. It will not ta to be . remarked, that the Directors and the Subscribe rs s tood in exactly the same relative position to one anotbCr and it therefore became absolutely necessary to ihsw some special ground for calling on a court of eq uil i interfere between parties entitled to the same ti e' vested with the same character, and,boih, de jure 01 one body of men united ' t cl oget i l o ie rm r. ing For. it must be • obvious to all, 'h it ds lY iel i fai t p hOut some special ground attachitgexc:ll* 1 : 3 ee; one or more of the members of the same firm, t he other members could' have no legal or equitable nAht against them. This special ground has been found in setting up Fraud. In plainer tern l '' the Directors are accused of having done lc/ml thing in their Directorial capacities, the eye of law and ' equity, . amounts:4o fraud' This alleged fraud consisted of many pasta ."' tors 'That w it names ho li t o rder, ul ti t n i : e ate o l , l o : 2nd. That the to sad actual h Directors had taken upon thematic° t o h t era to their body-3d. That theyboll nocbrought whale m n a u n m l y 'sa b :!l e number oei sanction rni shares fairly into the hoisrerateudthoiiriityt list of Di re he e d in their own hands, in to retain them, or reject them, according as course or the other might be profitable to t ‘ l ' l ' e b l i i llivie" --and lastly, that they bad proceeded to ( I ) 9acts t°' fraud. - wards carrying on the proposed operations, be" th d e deed for the regulation of the partnership was Pr e P re t , and executed. It is to'no means intended to disrof a vc n aeus u e tte f r ra ig ud nora in nee an o y f i t t r e an p s r a o c ; the jurisdcrioctioatnteonfilt)htetCoocrori so,of Chancery ill c a t, / But we have market,but iionn w co ot i t as ld ndp b pr e co i t ii: t o t - ho :; Equity.ry . point which gives jurisdiction to it C . , °11 s oy great doubts wbawir, so tof Equity has the power top ronoun° deg transaction fraudulent, except in VMS d i ?, esSe clearest_ and most manifest dishonesty. ' n - ar. rive it is not possible for a reasonable in n to lve a t . any other conclusion, it would bs,restes, send it to a jury ; but We' do say that doubtlni ia , so t or cases of apparent fraud (using the word aPe fisu ,l), 000Estiolidllicc.C5ri:titi2:the 41t(3251 tive o d ri or it iasflirna ruleled otfheboetxhistceonucertsoloffraituaisilly:riteittssocititoiltii,e kn , f never to presume fraud ; and applYing our alleged frauds, in the two cases wider &set' thing we put it to any man whether there be 'ld lead on the face of either of them till I o oki"g to a reasonable suspicion . of frA um ' ra ''' l ' at at these alleged frauds separatelP m u d, st6,lo° one of them that amounts to direct iniu' en . ' n eer, third is the only one that is in our opinio n ev y - t - is iesili tionable. But lot us dissect this charge' 74iiistell that certain shares were kept back, in order) ""' r esin to retain them. Now in order ultimatelY t o resin them, where is the overt art of fraud, uPc' n °I ; pillt i " inference is built ? or was it shown that in sr, , :J ou i or c p u ro l cording as the one course or the other wo Z" - fi 4 °l a l -r ita in : tl:?ncle;etahnesw-silearr,:"*No,"--"tayeimt ia-nPrth r :l: l ys °e . g - cift°l ol any such fact, in the absence of any 0014A-101i which to found an intention to defraud, in "' c o o of. teeth of a long established and Vell-known . r o . of equity, these charges are said to be suflicieet t ..rt o f port the special ground of fraud, and give A e ° 6 7 lo ers , Equity the privilege of adjudicating between P ,„. oat . Although we have deemed it propr to tl i lr° o llo 6 these remarks on the decision of the Vice-Cl''.l lo ot' sped for I".' . i d be we nevertheless beg to express our re ing . and . ability'; but at the same time vas. see fora paying h im but an indifferent complitrieol if wa tt reef to speak out boldly our sentiments upou A, . t ice which appears to us to be contrary to naturit J" be be it h t .,.. and reason,. however consonant it may ,-,- Kith however v duluoty_deumf'mdaonetritonemsano.f Court - of Chancery eV' ' 'ad equ ity which the world well knows is not 'in.,L er ' ea teet m fact has but little reference to that first an" g r kCor il- We have no great admiration for Joirit-stoo thtir e! nies, no particular a ff ection for their destine:To. Directors, or their schemes ; but in dik iP A 1 Of stock Companies , we are not *o unfair as to ci.s l i , d i * displeasure on the Directors_ only. Wre thi"corn. subscribers are equally to blame, for howeyeribcrlaidi Play was originally concocted, it is evident tics w i g , were animated, and its dealings rendered in,l, c ) 13 t oti chievonnt; not by the Directors only, but by tila n ot merit, has kept them from the directorial chsit., o i l y, chairs, however, they would have filled witted it t Ict their brother subscribers, whose good luck) 11 ,00 if the alluring prospect of gain had boa OM 11 ,